Regulation

Victorian equestrian jailed for $700k in fake GST, JobKeeper claims

A 44-year-old has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison after defrauding the ATO during the pandemic...

22 November 2024 • By Christine Chen

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Business

ASIC issues new JobKeeper guidance

The corporate watchdog has released new JobKeeper guidance aimed at helping listed entities properly disclose their...

18 October 2021 • By Emma Musgrave

Business

Treasury finds $27bn in JobKeeper paid to ineligible businesses

A review of the $89 billion wage subsidy conducted by Treasury has found that $27 billion was paid to businesses that...

13 October 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

ATO unfairly shut out late JobKeeper enrolments, says IGTO

The ATO failed to be “fair and reasonable” when considering late enrolments for the JobKeeper program, causing...

17 September 2021 • By Jotham Lian

Business

ATO lets ineligible businesses off the hook for $180m in JobKeeper payments

The Australian Tax Office has decided against chasing more than $180 million in misguided JobKeeper payments that...

13 September 2021 • By John Buckley

Tax

ASIC bats away privacy concerns over JobKeeper disclosure

The corporate regulator defended its decision to force listed firms to disclose whether they’ve received JobKeeper,...

13 September 2021 • By John Buckley

Tax

Tax Commissioner threatened with contempt as JobKeeper stoush escalates

Contempt proceedings threatened by the Senate against the Tax Commissioner could see him jailed and fined for standing...

06 September 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

$13bn in JobKeeper pocketed by profitable businesses

The amount of JobKeeper payments made to profitable firms has now surpassed $13 billion, as the Senate closes in on an...

30 August 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

Frydenberg launches JobKeeper gag order to block transparency move

The Treasurer has mounted a last-ditch effort to block a Senate order that would have required the Tax Commissioner to...

27 August 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

ATO locks horns with Senate over JobKeeper disclosure order

The Tax Commissioner has refused to comply with a Senate order that would have revealed over 10,000 businesses that...

13 August 2021 • By John Buckley and Jotham Lian

Business

JobKeeper transparency bid slapped down by the House

The transparency measure would have forced firms to reveal how much they received in JobKeeper wage subsidies, after...

06 August 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

Holden dealer denied JobKeeper

A Holden dealership in Cessnock has had its JobKeeper appeal knocked back despite arguing that it had relied on...

02 August 2021 • By Jotham Lian

Business

‘Danger of slipping through the cracks’: Perrottet demands return of JobKeeper

As case numbers escalate in New South Wales, the state treasurer has demanded the Commonwealth reintroduce a national...

26 July 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

No time for JobKeeper, says Prime Minister

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls to reinstate JobKeeper, insisting that there is no time to implement...

22 July 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

Frydenberg knocks back JobKeeper plea from NSW

As New South Wales faces a third week of lockdown restrictions, a plea for the reintroduction of JobKeeper has been...

08 July 2021 • By John Buckley

Tax

Sydney tax agent axed over JobKeeper fraud

A Sydney tax agent has been banned for the maximum five-year period after allegedly claiming over $500,000 in...

07 June 2021 • By Jotham Lian

Business

JobKeeper’s expiry has cost 56,000 jobs to date: Treasury

New Single Touch payroll data reveals 56,000 workers formerly on JobKeeper have lost their jobs, up from 40,000 over...

01 June 2021 • By John Buckley

Business

Victorian lockdown reignites calls for sustained support post-JobKeeper

The announcement of Victoria’s fourth lockdown has reignited calls for new, targeted support in the wake of...

28 May 2021 • By John Buckley